Brandywine Lighthouse well, 613-631 ft [Kirkwood Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (39.0° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 70.7° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kirkwood Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kirkwood Fm, which is in this section overlies "Jackson-age" deposits, and underlies the Cohansey Fm. AGE: Miocene in text; Early Miocene on the basis of more recent dating and faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 613-631 ft in well.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silt, diatoms. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by McGee

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: T.C. McGee of the Artesian Well Drilling Company. REPOSITORY: New Jersey State Museum, ANSP.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards and A. Harbison. 1944. Well-boring at Brandywine Lighthouse in Delaware Bay. Part I. - Geology and Macrofossils. Notulae Naturae 132:1-14 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92769: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Fairly antiquated nomenclature with species resolution assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cumberlandia, Turritella aequistriata
Turritella cumberlandia Conrad 1863 turret shell
Turritella aequistriata Conrad 1863 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius, "Pecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop
"Pecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris parilis
Glycymeris parilis Conrad 1843 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca subrostrata" = Dallarca subrostrata, "Arca transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Arca subrostrata" = Dallarca subrostrata Conrad 1841 clam
"Arca transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria, Dosinia acetabulum
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea, Corbula inaequalis
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833 clam
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina Conrad 1832 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam